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TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT FRI AUG 03 2001

...CORRECTED TO ADD HEADLINE...

...BARRY BARELY A TROPICAL STORM AND MEANDERING WESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA FROM THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER TO MORGAN CITY
LOUISIANA.  THIS WATCH COULD BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING ON SATURDAY.
INTERESTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND FLORIDA PANHANDLE
COASTS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF BARRY.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.6 WEST OR ABOUT 185 
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
 
BARRY IS CURRENTLY DRIFTING ERRATICALLY WESTWARD...AND THIS GENERAL 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THAT WERE INDIRECTLY RELATED
TO BARRY HAVE DIMINISHED.
 
SOME COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...26.8 N... 87.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING ERRATICALLY WESTWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM
CDT...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN

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